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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani |Faisal Bari
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday reduced the prices of all petroleum products by up to Rs5.31 per litre with immediate effect for the next fortnight ending March 15. On the other hand, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) notified a decrease in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by Rs6.15 per kg for March. In a late-night announcement, the Ministry of Finance said Ogra had reviewed and adjusted prices for petroleum products in view of the fluctuations in the international market.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Rafia Zakaria |Faisal Bari
EUROPE has been marching rightward for some time, with voters in France, Portugal, Belgium, and Austria following this trend. Germany’s election results continued this trajectory, as Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, was elected chancellor. Merz has yet to form a coalition and announced he would soon begin talks with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to establish a government by Easter.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani |Faisal Bari
ISLAMABAD: The profitability of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) — the country’s largest producer — plunged 33pc in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY25) owing mainly to forced closure of its wells, exchange rate appreciation and falling global crude prices.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Faisal Bari
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court on Friday suspended the decision of GB government to increase mountaineering royalty and trekking fee in the region. The court also suspended increase in Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP) environmental management fee. The GB Chief Court also sent notices to respondents of the case.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Kalbe Ali |Faisal Bari
DAWN.COM E-Paper | March 01, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission Policy Board on Friday approved amendments to the Insurance Rules 2017, Insurance Accounting Regulations 2017 and General Takaful Accounting Regulations 2019 to improve regulatory framework in the insurance sector.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Abdullah Momand |Faisal Bari
Pakistan vowed to combat terrorism as it held various counter-terrorism dialogues with the United Kingdom, European Union and Japan, according to a statement by the Foreign Office on Friday. Pakistan’s counterterrorism policy, primarily governed by the National Action Plan (NAP) and the , focuses on dismantling terrorist networks, regulating madrassas, and curbing extremist financing.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Rana Bilal |Faisal Bari |Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
DAWN.COM E-Paper | February 28, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications A man who self-immolated on Tuesday at the Lahore High Court in protest against a delay in justice died in a hospital on Friday, his family confirmed. On Tuesday, eyewitnesses saw the man, identified as Asif Javed, walk out of Justice Shujaat Ali Khan’s courtroom.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Jamal Shahid |Faisal Bari |Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Thursday voiced concerns about the dire conditions in prisons, particularly crowding and prolonged delays in justice for death row inmates. A meeting of the committee, chaired by Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, was held at Parliament House to address the deteriorating prison conditions and human rights violations affecting thousands of incarcerated individuals.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Faisal Bari |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir |Muna Khan
Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in LahoreBy Manan Ahmed AsifThe New PressISBN: 978-1-59558-907-1373pp. Walk down any prominent street in London, New York, Istanbul or Montreal — talking only of cities I have had the opportunity to spend time in — and you see a few things for sure. The street will tell a story of the city through the buildings. A lot of the buildings will be dated.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Jamal Shahid |Faisal Bari |Sajid Khan |Tariq Khosa
ISLAMABAD: The journalist community will take to the streets today to protest controversial amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), which were rushed through both houses of parliament and signed into law by President Asif Ali Zardari this week.
